Tag: Mental Health

Posts about, among other things, mental illness, mental health, and recovery.

recovery

We’re odd little creatures – a few thoughts.

Humans are odd creatures. We deliberately make bad choices. We deliberately act against our sown elf-interest. We know what the better choices are, we know the discomfort of abandoning our self-destructive and harmful behaviours is manageable and yet, we persist in proceeding down dead-end paths. Addictions, neuroses, negative thoughts, and negative acts abound. We set aside reality and pretend our lives are at the mercy … Continue reading We’re odd little creatures – a few thoughts.

Unknown's avatarMichelle9 Comments
philosophy

The Seven Functions of the Mind.

I’m a fan of Stoicism, for all that I’m still a baby stoic and thus don’t have an expert opinion. But when has a lack of knowledge stopped anyone from pontificating? I’m still a beginner, just wading into the waters, picking up bits of the philosophy here and there and incorporating it in much the same fashion. My theme for 2020 – be a good … Continue reading The Seven Functions of the Mind.

Unknown's avatarMichelle4 Comments
eating disorders

50 things I’ve learned in my first fifty years.

I’m turning fifty this week – thank you – and it occurs to me that I’ve acquired some knowledge and insight in that time. I thought it might be interesting to sit with myself and figure out what some of that is. As you travel through life, you pick up interesting bits and pieces of information and form ideas about this, that, and the other. In the interest of symmetry, I decided to share fifty of mine. Some are deep, and some less so.

So, in no particular order, because I’m simply writing things down as they occur to me, I present my list (which, now that I’m finished is very long, so apologies for that):…
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Unknown's avatarMichelle21 Comments